SA’s flight disruptions – no end in sight

Disruptions continue at SA airports due to ATNS’s ongoing failure to provide instrument flight procedures, raising concerns over ATNS’s ability to receive approval for its procedures before the holiday season.

Kirby Gordon, FlySafair Chief Marketing Officer, confirmed that flights operating into King Phalo Airport on November 20 had been cancelled or diverted to either King Shaka International Airport or Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport due to the inability to operate under suspended procedures for low visibility conditions.

Acsa issued a statement advising that other airports, including OR Tambo, had been affected by inclement weather conditions.

Linden Birns, MD of Plane Talking, explained that the ATNS’s withdrawn…